Underrepresented in the House, Asian-Canadian MPs say more Asian faces needed in Ottawa

By Jolson LimOct. 8, 2018

There are currently eight MPs of East or Southeast Asian background, accounting for 2.4 per cent of all 338 MPs. However, there are nearly 3.2-million people of that background in Canada, accounting for almost 10 per cent of the population.

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